Manchester City are benefiting from the opportunity great now. They are ahead by 3-1 against Aston Villa now. This performance level is really impressive after seeing them desperate against Tottenham previously. Haaland couldn't score today and interestingly Guardiola subbed him off at the beginning of the first half. There is still time for their Champions League game actually so it's interesting.
Anyway Manchester City will drop the gap with Arsenal to three points by this win. Before the game between them and Arsenal it is really important for Manchester City.
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I really appreciate Atletico Madrid's result against Celta Vigo today. Despite getting a red card they still managed to score a goal and win by 1-0.
Stefan Savic got the red card who was a centre-back. This made me think like Celta Vigo could even win the game after this incident. But this is really important for Atletico Madrid. This shows how strong their mental was anyway. Maybe their season is still not going very good but this kind of victories are important for top 4.
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Union Berlin maintained their chase on Bayern Munich. Because they got a really important win against Leipzig today. This was a hard-fought win for them though but actually Leipzig weren't as good as I expected them to be. Union Berlin took this chance very nicely and beat them by 2-1. Maybe things would have been more different for Leipzig if Nkunku was able to play.
Union Berlin are really a team to admire now. They totally deserve this title competition until the end of the season.
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There are three Premier League clubs that are speculated with Ansu Fati these days. Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal are these teams now.
Fati is now a very valuable player for Barcelona actually. I don't think they would be okay to sell him yet. He has a contract running until 2027 and his market price is 50 million euros now. He is expected to be one of the greatest Barcelona players so I assume they would ask for a lot of money from those clubs. Let's see how many of them will be eager to go for him anyway.
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It was an opportunity for Marseille after PSG played badly and lost against Monaco.
And Marseille took this opportunity really well. They managed to beat Clermont comfortably by 2-0. Alexis Sanchez was man of the match indeed with 2 goals. They had the game under control mostly and they didn't have problems on reflecting this onto the score as well. Now the point gap with PSG is 5 points again. Marseille need to keep this up to maintain their title run. They can do this against a PSG that lose many points easily.
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I was really surprised to see Tottenham in such condition. I have no idea how they lost this game against Leicester by an absurd score like 4-1. There was a quite balanced game actually but Leicester were much better at finishing. I had some doubts about Tottenham to win here maybe but I wasn't expecting a this much horrible result. I wish I didn't place my bet on Tottenham.
Kane - Kulusevski - Son trio couldn't do much in this game honestly. I really don't know why. Leicester were actually weak in defense in this season and they were a good target for this trio. But they had an unproductive day.
Yes, amazing results. It would seem that after the victory over City, Tottenham should return to business, but they crashed. And the score here is not very important because even a 0-0 draw would be akin to defeat in this game. But Chelsea struck me the most - is this team ever going to win? Even taking into account the game in the reserve, they are already outside the European competition zone, and if you look at their results (and the results of Dortmund), they already look like outsiders in the upcoming Champions League game. Chelsea were really disappointing indeed. Actually they had a quite dominance in the game when it comes to ball possession. It is 72% against %28 I mean and it is quite a big difference. But we couldn't see Chelsea making the same difference with their shots. They were able to score only once in the whole game. They are still lacking in scoring multiple goals. West Ham scored an equalizer and kept the score to the end somehow. This result is favourable for them undoubtedly.
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I wasn't very positive about Milan to beat Torino actually but they did it. However it was a hard-fought win at the same time. Because there was still a serious level weakness in Milan defense again. Torino found some really important goal opportunities but wasted them all. Milan won by 1-0 thanks to Giroud's header maybe but this can't go on like this.
Pioli needs to take some action about the problems in the team as soon as possible. Their chance of joining the Champions League is at risk otherwise.
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Sevilla are really impressing me now with their performance. They are having a quite one-sided game against Mallorca and this has helped them get 2-0 ahead already as well.
This is really the version of Sevilla we would like to see. This is their only way out about not relegating from the La Liga. Mallorca beat Real Madrid maybe but their hands are tied against an effective football by Sevilla now. I hope to see this performance accelerate Sevilla's rise in the standings. But they need to be consistent for at least a couple of weeks first.
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I was really surprised to see Tottenham in such condition. I have no idea how they lost this game against Leicester by an absurd score like 4-1. There was a quite balanced game actually but Leicester were much better at finishing. I had some doubts about Tottenham to win here maybe but I wasn't expecting a this much horrible result. I wish I didn't place my bet on Tottenham.
Kane - Kulusevski - Son trio couldn't do much in this game honestly. I really don't know why. Leicester were actually weak in defense in this season and they were a good target for this trio. But they had an unproductive day.
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It was a really bad day for PSG in the league. Messi also got injured before as you know and only Neymar was on the field considering the attacking trio.
This affected their offensive effort significantly as a result. PSG played like they were the underdog there really. They didn't have so many goal attempts and they had only 2 attempts on target at the same time. This might be one of the worst games of the season for them. Now I understand why PSG were given such odds for the win. Monaco really deserved that 3-1 win by a decent effort.
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Benzema has started to get injured more frequently these days. This time he has muscle fatigue and I don't know when he will be able to return.
Maybe he gets injured often but it doesn't last long at least. Real Madrid really need him though. His productivity is really important for the team. But even in his absence Real Madrid are actually strong enough to beat smaller teams. But they have made simple mistakes in some games which led to unexpected results. They need to step up if they want to maintain their claim for the league title.
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By the way this week should be comfortable for Newcastle. Bournemouth isn't a very serious opponent for them. They are like the worst defense team in the league now. Newcastle are an effective team in offense on one hand. Their form has just dropped quite much recently. They need victories to get their usual form back.
Newcastle are doing much more than the expected this season and it deserves a spot in the Champions League as well. But they need to be consistent most of the time. This game should end up wih a victory for them.
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Tottenham don't think of selling Kane to a rival Premier League team in this summer. You know how interested Manchester United are these days.
Bayern Munich are another team that are rumoured with signing Kane. They still haven't filled Lewandowski's place as you know. They didn't feel like they were in need of signing a striker yet. But I don't think they can go on like this. It is quite valuable for Bayern Munich to have a complete forward like Lewandowski. Kane is the best alternative now and in this case they might get one step ahead to sign him.
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Real Madrid should be comfortable against Elche at least. I'm aware that they have had weaknesses against smaller teams recently. But this can't go on like this very often for a team like Real Madrid. If they really want the La Liga title they will need to do much more than this. Otherwise it is too difficult for them to keep up with a consistent Barcelona.
Maybe Elche beat Villarreal but I don't think this means so much. It is all about having a proper game plan.
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I can't be sure of Tottenham to win against Leicester but I will still risk it and bet on them. First of all, their odd for the win is pretty attracting, 2.10.
However Leicester can be a really unpredictable team as well. For example after a bad run they got a win again previously. And it was a really solid win against a tough opponent in an away game. This means they will have a quite improved level of morale against Tottenham. Leicester are still unable to solve their defensive issues though which can be a chance for Tottenham to benefit from. Especially Kane will be their biggest card in this game as usual.
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The only game of the day is going to be Schalke - Wolfsburg as you know.
I find Wolfsburg's odd for the win quite high honestly. It is 1.94 now. It is very high because Schalke are the worst team in the league now. They are a hopeless case for this season and they will most probably relegate from the Bundesliga as well. They got two draws recently of course but I think they won't get it this time. Wolfsburg's form has dropped by two losses recently but I think this is the chance to improve it. They should be winning here.
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Roma have been one of the impressive teams to me. Because there is a significant level of improvement in their form these days. They were really good against even Napoli as you may remember. I was expecting Napoli to have the same dominance they had in Rome. Even though Roma still lost it was a really solid effort.
Now Roma's opponent on this game week is Lecce. On paper Roma have a huge superiority to them of course. Considering the head-to-head games as well there is a big difference between the teams. I think Roma will maintain the same effort in this game as well and win.
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Atletico Madrid are still an inconsistent team these days.
I don't know if I am the only one that feels that Atletico Madrid has gone a long way with their coach simeoni I believe this is the right time for the club to pathway with the Coach and bring a new coach with a new philosophy and mentality to drive the club to a greater height.Simeoni has given his best to the club and we all could attest when Atletico Madrid was severely contest with Real Madrid and Barcelona . Today that competition is no more there even if they are still in the corridors of top 4 I agree. They should have already taken action but from now on maybe it is the best to wait until the end of the season. Because they have already left behind a lot of games and the results have already determined Atletico Madrid's fate. They aren't even close to the championship race as we can see. They can join the Champions League again at least as long as they drop the number of mistakes to minimum. But no matter what I hope to see Simeone leaving the team finally after all these years. It is obvious that things won't go well in his presence.
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Liverpool are going to face Everton in Anfield this time. They are still unable to maintain a decent form. Besides they even got a huge defeat by Wolves the last time. This makes me really worried about them.
And now this game is even a tougher one actually. Because Everton have made a big change and they have a new manager now. Besides they still got a very valuable win despite facing Arsenal right away. This will definitely motivate them to play better and be more durable against another big team. The problem is Liverpool are lacking some important attackers at the moment. This might cause them to face the same problems Arsenal had against Everton. But I hope Liverpool win here and start from somewhere.
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Lazio - Atalanta seems to be a quite difficult game to predict the result of. Even though Lazio are favoured I won't go for a bet on a side. Because I believe they have nearly equal chance to win this game. I don't think playing an away or home game will be much of a hindrance for these teams. Above all else I expect both teams to be productive so betting on that way would be nice for me actually.
Lazio couldn't win a game for two weeks so they are in a bigger need of a win here actually. But it depends on how much they will make an effort for it. If they have a proper game plan they can really win this.
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